Hi All!
Checking in from the lobby at the Sheraton in Burlington where we are stationed for the next couple of days before the TD Bank Classic tournament at Vermont. Fortunately we find ourselves just down the street from Vermont's gym, making for some quick and easy trips back and forth for shootarounds and games.
The first two games were tough for us, and I think in a lot of ways we looked our age. As I've said in my game notes already, even though we have four seniors on this team, we have a lot of players that really haven't played much together. The first person you'd notice in that would of course be our freshman point guard Nicola Zimmer. She's adjusted very quickly but it certainly takes time to get to know your teammates and their tendencies. Even for returning starters, Brittney Smith (senior) and Faziah Steen (sophomore) there are adjustments as Cassie Cooper (senior) has returned to the lineup after missing all but two games last season and Meghan McFee (senior) is back in the starting five after coming off the bench for us this year.
So what I'm saying is, give us some time, we'll get there. As we watched film at pregame today, Coach Wielgus talked a lot about the maturation process and composure. We play two excellent teams this weekend - Boston College out of the ACC tonight and Marist, who has won its conference five straight times, tomorrow. We will be playing to win. But we are also playing to get better at basketball, learn more about ourselves as a team and to mature.
My notes and preview are available here. There are links to livestats and video and our radio broadcast.
Go Big Green!
- Dara
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